Colman Leadership Program

The Colman Leadership Program is a bi-annual event (offered in January and June) that seeks to enroll 25-30 PhD* students for an intensive 4-day program focused on providing participants with skills and knowledge that will support their development as leaders in graduate school and beyond.

Program Goals

The Colman Leadership Program will introduce a range of practical skills, theory pertaining to leadership, and special topics relevant for application in both academic and professional contexts. With a varied format including readings, interactive group activities, case studies, discussions, student presentations and professionally conducted workshop sessions, program participants will learn about leadership, develop practical skills for negotiation and conflict resolution, and discuss modes of translating collaborative teamwork and the positive, productive employment of the diverse perspectives and backgrounds students bring to the program.

Specifically, program participants will focus on:

Self-awareness as a leadership skill

Extend self-awareness to effective interpersonal dynamics

Appreciating fundamental group dynamics

Understanding of how to create teams from groups

Appreciating diversity in all contexts

Differentiating between role authority and leadership in an organizational context

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Program Background

The Colman Leadership Program is made possible by an endowed gift to the College of Engineering from the Colman Family and is jointly sponsored by Diversity Programs in Engineering and the Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement.

*Art department MFA students are also invited to apply, given that the MFA is the terminal degree and the degree commonly held by faculty in your field. ^ Return to top of page

Details

Consideration will be given to applications from PhD* students from all backgrounds (domestic and international).

Admitted students who commit to enrolling in the Colman Leadership Program must commit to participating in the full program. The program does not permit late arrivals or early departures on any of the programs dates.

January Session Priority Application Consideration:

PhD students with Cornell Colman or Sloan Fellowships

Students in Year 3 or later of their PhD studies.

Students in the following Sloan graduate fields

Aerospace Engineering

Applied & Engineering Physics

Applied Mathematics

Biochemistry

Molecular & Cell Biology

Biological Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Computer Science

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Genetics, Genomics & Development

Geological Sciences

Immunology & Infectious Disease

Material Science & Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Natural Resources

Operations Research & Information Engineering

Theoretical & Applied Mechanics

June Session Priority Applicant Consideration:

Graduate School Dean's Scholars with the following fellowships and affiliations: